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This sudden hate campaign against Argentina shows exactly how NPC culture works. People became incapable of having independent thoughts. Social media manufactured a bunch of easily manipulated zombies to guide public opinion in favor of their interests.
@valcosecurities La historia de ambas empresas es desastroza en los últimos años, especialmente $BAK, y eso es lo que se ve en el precio de la acción. Lo que comentaba es que hay que seguir esos dos eventos (reestruc de deuda en braskem y divesting en sid) porque son posibles puntos de inflexión
@valcosecurities En $BAK veo una exitosa reestructuración de deuda (sin ampliación de capital) y en $SID deleveraging vendiendo Cementos y mejora de EBITDA en minería, debería llevar ratio de deuda abajo de 2x EBITDA. Es un x3 en ese escenario para ir a un EV/EBITDA lógico
@DCommittee28163@calvinfroedge Exactly. Offer a coupon step-up (instead of flat -200bps cut) + cash sweep / early interest trigger once liquidity hits certain thresholds. This would address AHG's main concerns
As promised — my full Braskem thesis is live on Substack. Link in bio.
Here's why I added 1,500 more shares of $BAK last Wednesday, even though it's already 15%+ of my portfolio
🔴 $PBR Petrobras naphtha sales hit 88,000 bpd — highest since pre-COVID, when Braskem was printing billions in quarterly EBITDA. Up 42% YoY, 63% QoQ.
Historical data shows a 75% hit rate between naphtha moves and resin volumes. Most analysts won't check this until earnings. By then the move is done.
🔴Braskem Idesa bonds moved from 53 → 70. In 2008, secured senior bonds were at 50–60 right before actual Chapter 11 filings. The market is pricing catastrophe. The bond market disagrees.
🔴I tracked two Braskem Idesa vessels via Maritime Optima. One went to China in mid-April — not Brazil, not Mexico. Offloaded April 22nd, now heading back to Texas. A trade route is being built in real time.
🔴 This is Part 1. Three more reasons — including the one that made me most uncomfortable — dropping mid-week on Substack.
If this is the level of detail you want on commodity equities — follow. Link in bio.
$BAK $PBR Brazil Plastics Surge 64-80%
🚨Domestic LDPE is up ~68%, HDPE ~77%, and LLDPE ~80%.
🚨On a FOB Houston basis, gains were even sharper, with HDPE +116% and LLDPE +112%, reflecting global flow distortions and regional tightness.
🚨Brazil remains structurally short: PE capacity is 3.0Mt vs demand of 3.65Mt, and PP capacity is 1.85Mt vs demand of 2.05Mt, forcing reliance on imports.
🚨This gap is compounded by anti-dumping duties on US and Canadian PE and ongoing measures on PP.
ICIS sees prices elevated for next 3-6 months, peaking around May 2026 before gradual normalization.
$BAK $PBR Well, that's where the story comes to an end.
🟥Braskem said Petrobras and IG4 [Shine I Fundo de Investimento em Participações Multiestratégia Responsabilidade Limitada] signed a new shareholders’ agreement regulating shared control of the company.
🟥The pact becomes effective upon closing of the previously announced share sale, pending judicial approvals.
🟥 Antitrust clearance has been secured, while Petrobras will not exercise pre-emptive or tag-along rights under the current agreement.
@MisterPlanero Está desconectada de todo porque la incertidumbre es cuál será el plan de reestructuración de IG4... habrá inyección de capital o no? (Idem IDESA) El resto todo bullish, Alagoas, cambio de control, ciclo petroquímico, leyes antidumping y beneficios fiscales, TPQM,... estoy long